THE CANDY HOUSE,

A meditation on connection and privacy in the age of social media, this new novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Egan centers on tech titan Bix Bouton, who invents a platform that allows people to download their personal memories and then upload them onto the cloud in exchange for access to those of other users. Alternating between narratives of the technology’s supporters and detractors, the book delves into the dangerous possibilities of our innovative yet image-obsessed culture. (Scribner)